What is YOUR profession!

[Doc]

My pickup is a K&K Bass Max I got from Bob Gollihur. About $80 or so. It is one of the loudest pickups available. I run direct from my amp to the PA. My regular rig (stays in the band trailer) is a Dietz 1x15 cabinet and a Peavey Tour 700. Sometimes I stack a SWR 4x10 and use the full 700 watts. My small rig I keep at home is a Gallien Krueger MB212 2x12 combo. 500 watts all the time. Seriously loud when necessary. With my 5 string Jazz bass through the MB212, I get the absolute DREAM sound for electric bass. Sounds great with my Precision and my Ibanez 506, too. I have finally dialed in a great tone with my new upright, and with the MB212 coming in at only 37lbs, it's a big winner.

[opus37]

I am retired now, but was employed by 3M as a regulatory specialist. Basically, I worked on chemical control laws world wide making sure 3M products complied with those laws. I also wrote those pesky MSDSs that Bloke so dutifully ignores. My degrees are in chemical engineering and a masters in public health. I've been playing tuba, off and on for 45 years in church and community bands.

[ghmerrill]

For about ten years I was a professional philosopher. (You will ask, "So how does that work?" The answer is that you get a Ph.D. in philosophy, land a job in a university, publish, get grants, tenure, and you get paid for doing that and teaching.) Then I got bored with that and became a software engineer for about fifteen years (primarily writing compilers and software tools). Then I got bored with that and moved into the pharmaceutical industry as an R&D "knowledge exploration" scientist in drug discovery and drug safety for about ten years. Then I "retired" (though I am working on a couple of books). I'm back to being a philosopher, but only part-time and they aren't paying me much for that.

For about fifteen years (from sixth grade in school) I was a pretty well-trained saxophone player, which continued through college and then I stopped playing (except for flute on occasion), ultimately selling the sax. In my 40s I decided that I found low brass attractive and bought my first tuba (a used 321 Eb from Vince Simonetti). It was great, but not optimal for playing in community band. I traded it in on the Cerveny BBb. Now I wish I had an Eb too!

I was inspired in this tuba direction by my high school band director who was Robert T. LeBlanc (now retired after many years teaching low brass at Ohio State: http://www.iteaonline.org/2008/members/ ... p?page=leb" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank). It never occurred to me at the time to play tuba, but I did learn that the tuba was a serious instrument -- and I learned a great deal more from LeBlanc about playing and music in general. He was one of those teachers who had a profound effect on my education.

[tubatom91]

I'm a landscaper right now, that's being a music student for ya haha,

[CLDmusic]

Spartan. http://youtu.be/lIr8u0j08gU

[acjcf2]

I'm a former Marine and a retired Assistant Fire Chief and now supplimenting my retirement by working at the local Sears Hometown Store.

I got the bug to play tuba during Advent services at church. I started playing in Feb. this year. I haven't touched a tuba since my junior year in high school 1973.

Jim

[hrender]

In brief:

• Grad student, Computer Science. Finished MS, started PhD, got tired of it so left early to take a job as...
• College instructor, Computer Science. Did this for six years while trying to finish PhD. Got tired of it so left to take a job as...
• Technical instructor for a large telecom corporation. Finished PhD, got tired of teaching so left to take a job as...
• Systems programmer for a small division of a large automotive corporation. Corporation closed the division, so left to take a job as...
• Software project manager for a smaller corporation. Got tired of PM so transferred to another team to work as a ...
• Software Architect. Liked the job, but the company reorg'd, so I left to take a job as a ...
• Software consultant. Ended up getting hired back by previous corporation at 50% salary increase. Did this until they caught on to the absurdity of this situation, so they hired me back as a ...
• Programmer/Analyst. Still doing that 8+ years later.

TMI, I know, but there it is. In addition to the above I teach aikido and lead a bible study class.

Oh yeah, I play tuba when time allows.

[tubbba]

Former (as of 5pm PDT) Software Quality Assurance Engineer.

Soon-to-be professional musician and instructor.

(crossing my fingers)

[snorlax]

Kolij perfesser of Finance & other numbery-businessy stuff
Occasional speechifier
Professional Wrestler with a world-class headlock



Now, my friends, THAT'S hope & change...Wooooooooooooooo!

[Doc]

Now, my friends, THAT'S hope & change...Wooooooooooooooo!

Now, my friends, that's what I'M talkin' about! WOOOOOOOOOO!

[Rochester2013]

Current student.

Started out earning a B.A. in music (with concentration in Tuba Performance, in a special program to go onto my M.A. in Music Ed.)
I met some wonderful people in my Freshman and Sophomore year that had degrees in music ed and couldn't find a job.
That got me a little nervous, but when the high school I went to started to pull the music programs I decided I need something more stable.
So, I am now earning my B.S. in 'Brain and Cognitive Sciences' (also known as cognitive Neuroscience) and I hope to finish my B.A. in music in the next two years as well; however that is very dependent on scheduling.
After undergrad I am thinking about joining the Peace Corps for a few years before going to grad school.

[rodgeman]

Linux Server Engineer. Been in tech for about 15 years.